grand slam

McIlroy, who achieved the career grand slam when he won the Masters in April, is far from the only player on Team Europe to experience this.

But I know when I look back on their childhoods, many of the highlight reel moments—the grand slams, the championships, even the crushing defeats—will be memories from my spot on the sidelines.

That all changed last October when Freddie Freeman matched Gibson’s dramatics with a Game 1 grand slam to beat the New York Yankees.

In a 5-1 walk-off win over the Dodgers, the Giants certainly played that way, punctuating the night with Patrick Bailey’s grand slam off Tanner Scott in the bottom of the 10th.

The 43-year-old tennis star, who broke records and won 23 grand slam titles through her career, was the embodiment of fitness and athletic prowess.